Although the Oil Crisis of 1974-1975 forced BMW to prematurely kill off the 2002 Turbo owing to massively reduced demand for high performance cars, it ultimately did nothing to affect the…
Read MoreBy the early 2000s, BMW had produced four different iterations of the critically acclaimed 5-series: the original E12 of 1972 was replaced by the updated E28 in 1981 which was in turn followed by the…
Read MoreAlthough from a technical perspective the Miura still had plenty of potential for further development, once Lamborghini unveiled the Countach prototype at Geneva in March 1971, attention turned to the…
Read MoreChassis 0514M was a Scaglietti-bodied 750 Monza original sold to well-heeled 41 year old privateer, Luigi Piotti of Rome. Piotti’s first Ferrari was a 212 Inter road car purchased in 1951 (chassis 0111ES).
Read MoreMercedes unveiled their final and most extreme iteration of the 190 E 2.3 / 2.5-16 theme at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1990. Created to homologate a wild new aero kit, a further uprated…
Read MoreKLA12558 was one of two consecutively numbered Countach 25th Anniversaries ordered by the British Lamborghini distributor, Portman, at the height of the late 1980s collector car boom. Portman…
Read MoreLaunched at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2006, the 599 GTB Fiorano was Ferrari’s second generation front V12-engined two seater from the modern era and replaced the long-running 550…
Read MoreAt the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2001, Alfa Romeo revived the iconic GTA moniker first seen in the mid 1960s when the Giulia-based Gran Turismo Allegerita began its illustrious racing…
Read MoreHaving abandoned the Escort RS1700T soon after his return to Ford as boss of the company’s Motorsport department, Stuart Turner commissioned a designed-from-scratch Group B car capable…
Read MoreChassis 060 was one of two late production examples of the Maserati 5000 GT that received coachwork by Frua of Turin. It was commissioned by 25 year old Paris-domiciled Shah Karim al…
Read MoreEven though Porsche had committed a vast sum of money to their 956 Group C programme, the idea of a production-based model taking the fight to Ferrari in Group B proved too good to resist.
Read MoreWhen the Volkswagen Audi Group (VAG) acquired Automobili Lamborghini in 1998, hopes were high that the Italian manufacturer would finally be in a position to offer another junior model that could sell…
Read More2005 saw the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship re-branded Super GT as the organisers thought the new name better reflected the kind of vehicles that participated which, since 2003, had…
Read MoreChassis 00006/52 was one of the original ten W194 300 SLs built for 1952. An eleventh then followed which served as a development mule for the W198 300 SL Gullwing production model. 00006/52…
Read MoreConceived as a three-litre V12-powered Grand Tourer for competition use, the 250 GT Berlinetta became a popular and extremely effective mount for both professional and gentleman drivers…
Read MoreThe Capri RS2600 had been conceived by Ford Motorsport Germany as a challenger for the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) which for 1970 returned to a Group 2 format. To qualify…
Read MoreThe W124-based 500 E launched at the Paris Motor Show in October 1990 was Mercedes’ highly anticipated answer to the BMW M5. Prior to its arrival, customers of the three-pointed star that…
Read MoreAfter McLaren’s sensational debut victory during the sodden Le Mans 24 Hours in 1995 there was no question a strong contingent of the cars from Woking would look to attend 1996’s running of the…
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